Top 10 Indie Albums of the 2000s

The Top Ten

1 Funeral - Arcade Fire Funeral - Arcade Fire Product Image

Best songs - Neighborhood 1, Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies)

One of the most powerful Albums ever made.

Best album ever made

2 Is This It - The Strokes Is This It - The Strokes Product Image

The album that brought swagger to rock, not a bad track on the album, and the most influential album of the decade.

I voted for Funeral but this album saved rock

The best album of the 2000's

3 The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse

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The best Indie album ever made, it is classic in the music genre of Indie rock.

Best songs - Gravity Rides Everything, Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, 3rd Planet

Brilliantly weird and thought-provoking.

Read the Pitchfork review.

4 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

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Best songs - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, Mardy Bum, Fake Tales of San Fransisco

5 Elephant - The White Stripes Elephant - The White Stripes Product Image

I voted for this just because 7 nation army

6 Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

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Just about every song on this album is worth your time... for me the weakest track is NYC but tons of people love it, so who knows. I love pretty much every track on this album. Amazing first album for a band that is still growing. I wish everyone could give this album another listen.

Easily one of the best album ever. So underrated.

Best songs - PDA, Obstacle 1, Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down

7 Hot Fuss - The Killers Hot Fuss - The Killers Product Image

8 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT Oracular Spectacular - MGMT Product Image

Best songs - Electric Feel, Kids, The Youth

9 Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club

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What're you doing down here at 15? Top 10 for sure.

10 White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

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Best album of the 2000s by far

The Contenders

11 A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats

A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats Product Image

Simply awesome, as always.

Best songs - Moving To New York, Kill The Director, Let's Dance To Joy Division, Backfire At The Disco.

12 Silent Alarm - Bloc Party Silent Alarm - Bloc Party Product Image

Amazing and energetic

13 Kid A - Radiohead Kid A - Radiohead Product Image

If you count this as indie. It's definitely number 1

14 Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens Product Image

I haven't heard all the other albums in the top ten and I love arctic monkeys and modest mouse, but this is close to my favourite album of all time. I can't think of a weak spot, his voice is beautiful and he is a brilliant instrumentalist.

Don't forget Casimir Pulaski Day- this song makes me cry!

Best songs - Chicago, Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Illinois Highland, Come On! Feel the Illinoise!

15 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand